Mathematics is used in all of our sciences. For example, we use math when we do conversions!
This week we learned about liquid conversions!
Below is a liquid measure conversion chart! This chart will come in handy when doing your home activity!
HOME ACTIVITY!
This week's home activity is a SCIENCE PROJECT!!!
This is a project in which students and parents can work on together!
Students are going to make a homemade xylophone using their knowledge about liquid conversions!
Materials Needed:
5 drinking glasses (glasses must be able to hold 1 cup of water)
Water
Liquid measurements for: Pint, Cup, and Tablespoon.
Metal spoon
Instructions:
On a flat surface, like a table, place glasses near each other but not touching.
Then fill each glass with a different amount of water. (Write your conversions down on a sheet of loose leaf paper)
GLASS 1:Convert 1 cup into tablespoons. Once amount is determined, pour that amount of water into the glass.
GLASS 2: Convert 1/4 cup into tablespoons. Once amount is determined, pour that amount of water into the glass.
GLASS 3: Convert 1/2 pint into cups. Once amount is determined, pour that amount of water into the glass.
GLASS 4:Convert 8 tablespoons into cups. Once amount is determined, pour that amount of water into the glass.
GLASS 5: Convert 1/8 cup into tablespoons. Once amount is determined, pour that amount of water into the glass.
With your spoon, tap on each glass. Findings: Do you hear different sounds?
Then, tap on different parts of each glass. Findings: Again, what do you hear?
Play around with the amounts of water in each glass and create your own song! If you have a recorder, record your song and bring it in to show your classmates!
Record your findings on a sheet of loose leaf paper to turn in to your teacher!
Assignment is due Friday, April 27, 2012.
Modified instruction to enrich learning is highlighted in yellow.
Standards:
MA.B.2.3.2: The student solves problems involving units of measure and converts answers to a larger or smaller unit within either the metric or customary system. SC.2.N.1.1: Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them in teams through free exploration and systematic observations, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations. SC.A.1.3.1: The student identifies various ways in which substances differ (e.g., mass, volume, shape, density, texture, and reaction to temperature and light).
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS!
Mathematics is used in all of our sciences. For example, we use math when we do conversions!
This week we learned about liquid conversions!
Below is a liquid measure conversion chart! This chart will come in handy when doing your home activity!
HOME ACTIVITY!
This week's home activity is a SCIENCE PROJECT!!!
This is a project in which students and parents can work on together!
Students are going to make a homemade xylophone using their knowledge about liquid conversions!
Materials Needed:
5 drinking glasses (glasses must be able to hold 1 cup of water)
Water
Liquid measurements for: Pint, Cup, and Tablespoon.
Metal spoon
Instructions:
On a flat surface, like a table, place glasses near each other but not touching.
Then fill each glass with a different amount of water. (Write your conversions down on a sheet of loose leaf paper)
GLASS 1:Convert 1 cup into tablespoons. Once amount is determined, pour that amount of water into the glass.
GLASS 2: Convert 1/4 cup into tablespoons. Once amount is determined, pour that amount of water into the glass.
GLASS 3: Convert 1/2 pint into cups. Once amount is determined, pour that amount of water into the glass.
GLASS 4:Convert 8 tablespoons into cups. Once amount is determined, pour that amount of water into the glass.
GLASS 5: Convert 1/8 cup into tablespoons. Once amount is determined, pour that amount of water into the glass.
With your spoon, tap on each glass. Findings: Do you hear different sounds?
Then, tap on different parts of each glass. Findings: Again, what do you hear?
Play around with the amounts of water in each glass and create your own song! If you have a recorder, record your song and bring it in to show your classmates!
Record your findings on a sheet of loose leaf paper to turn in to your teacher!
Assignment is due Friday, April 27, 2012.
Modified instruction to enrich learning is highlighted in yellow.
Standards:
MA.B.2.3.2: The student solves problems involving units of measure and converts answers to a larger or smaller unit within either the metric or customary system.SC.2.N.1.1: Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them in teams through free exploration and systematic observations, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations.
SC.A.1.3.1: The student identifies various ways in which substances differ (e.g., mass, volume, shape, density, texture, and reaction to temperature and light).